EMDR Therapy Demonstration: Phases 1-8

Jamie Marich・2 minutes read

The session focuses on helping the client overcome a fear of water by using visualization, EMDR therapy, and coping skills to replace negative beliefs with empowerment. The client experiences emotional and physical changes, leading to a sense of empowerment and readiness to face challenges, with a focus on continued support and self-awareness post-session.

Insights

  • The client's fear of water stems from a childhood incident, and the desire to overcome it for exercise motivates the therapy session.
  • EMDR therapy involves addressing negative beliefs and physical sensations while guiding the client through visualization, ultimately leading to empowerment and a sense of readiness to face challenges.

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  • How does the client overcome fear of water?

    The client recounts a childhood incident in the ocean causing fear of water and desires to learn to swim for exercise. The therapist reviews coping skills like breathing, mindful walking, and pressure points. Through a visualization exercise involving a light stream, the client experiences calmness and relaxation. EMDR therapy focuses on negative beliefs and body sensations while undergoing stimulation, leading to progress in overcoming fear of water. Future scenarios are visualized to test feelings of power, resulting in empowerment and readiness to face challenges.

  • What techniques are used to address anxiety?

    The therapist guides the client through coping skills like breathing, mindful walking, and pressure points to address anxiety. A visualization exercise involving a light stream helps the client experience calmness and relaxation. EMDR therapy focuses on negative beliefs and body sensations while undergoing stimulation, eliciting emotions like anxiety and frozen feelings. Progress is made towards feelings of survival, peace, and overcoming fear, with physical changes like the disappearance of muscle tension and soreness noted.

  • How is empowerment achieved in therapy?

    The client identifies a negative belief of powerlessness and aims to replace it with empowerment. The therapist uses the Shapiro Scale to rate feelings of power, discussing signals for stopping and adjusting eye movement speed during trauma processing. Through EMDR therapy, the client progresses towards feelings of empowerment and readiness to face challenges. Visualizing future scenarios tests feelings of power, leading to a sense of empowerment and overcoming fear of water.

  • What is the purpose of bilateral stimulation in therapy?

    The therapist tests eye movement speed and distance for bilateral stimulation to aid in trauma processing. This technique helps in replacing negative beliefs with empowerment and overcoming fear. By focusing on negative beliefs and body sensations during stimulation, emotions like anxiety and a desire to escape are elicited. The therapy progresses towards feelings of survival, peace, and empowerment, with physical changes like muscle tension disappearance noted.

  • How does EMDR therapy help with overcoming fears?

    EMDR therapy involves focusing on negative beliefs and body sensations while undergoing stimulation to help overcome fears. The process elicits emotions like anxiety, frozen feelings, and a desire to escape, leading to progress in overcoming fear. Through visualizing future scenarios and testing feelings of power, the client experiences empowerment and readiness to face challenges. Physical changes like the disappearance of muscle tension and soreness are noted, indicating progress in overcoming fears.

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Summary

00:00

Overcoming fear through visualization and empowerment

  • The individual expresses initial anxiety but feels comfortable with the situation.
  • The session is condensed, representing three typical sessions in one due to the client's preparedness.
  • The client recounts a childhood incident in the ocean causing fear of water.
  • The client desires to overcome fear and learn to swim for exercise.
  • The therapist reviews coping skills like breathing, mindful walking, and pressure points.
  • The therapist guides the client through a visualization exercise involving a light stream.
  • The client experiences calmness and relaxation during the visualization.
  • The therapist tests eye movement speed and distance for bilateral stimulation.
  • The client identifies a negative belief of powerlessness and aims to replace it with empowerment.
  • The therapist prepares for trauma processing, discussing signals for stopping and adjusting eye movement speed.

17:33

"EMDR Therapy: Empowerment Through Processing Emotions"

  • The Shapiro Scale rates feelings of power from one to seven, with one being false and seven true.
  • Emotions like fear and terror are noted when considering feelings of power.
  • A second scale rates distress from zero to 10, with eight being noted along with physical sensations like shallow breathing and tense shoulders.
  • EMDR therapy involves focusing on negative beliefs and body sensations while undergoing stimulation.
  • The process elicits emotions like anxiety, frozen feelings, and a desire to escape.
  • The therapy progresses to feelings of survival, peace, and overcoming fear of water.
  • The client experiences physical changes like the disappearance of muscle tension and soreness.
  • Future scenarios are visualized to test feelings of power, leading to a sense of empowerment and readiness to face challenges.
  • The session concludes with a focus on continued processing and support for any lingering thoughts or feelings.
  • The therapist advises on potential dream content and ongoing self-awareness post-session.

57:34

"Utilize skills, reevaluate, check in, express gratitude"

  • Encourages utilizing skills between sessions, suggests reevaluation as a clinical practice, recommends checking in after completing tasks for feedback and further planning, and expresses gratitude for hard work.
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